The draw conceded against Nice (1-1), Sunday evening at the Vélodrome, takes OM away from its last objective of the season: qualifying for the Champions League. Sixth with 53 points, Marseille is three lengths behind Rennes, four behind Lille and Lyon, the current holder of the third ticket for the C1. A gap that seems complicated to bridge in three days.
Without a European ticket, the question of Habib Beye remaining on the Olympian bench will inevitably arise this summer. Arriving in February to replace Roberto De Zerbi, the Senegalese coach would have difficulty surviving such a failure. A snub for a coach who struggles to convince observers, starting with Laure Boulleau, his ex-collaborator on Canal+.
Habib Beye best as consultant
For her, the Marseille coach has acquired more legitimacy on TV sets than at the head of a football team, he who managed Red Star and Stade Rennais before arriving at Ciel et Blanc. “I think he has proven much more as a consultant than as a coach at the moment”says the former PSG side in an interview given to The Team.
“I really liked working with him, I found that he had expertise, she adds. I am also very attached to good diction, to a mastery of the French language, and I find that he had both: he was relevant and he expressed himself extremely well. So yes, I miss him. » Habib Beye can be reassured. If he fails as a coach, he will have no trouble getting back into television…
